Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-18


good wishes. They will have roon's
I postoffiee building here for the Z
Contractor P. H. Bennett Of Ham ~ a
has been awarded the eontrafa-
/ ten miles of railroad whi3
/ ing to MoTgantown from
/ Pennsylvania, will
t-zsal-. and ictuAy morning rumors OF .
man having been run over and killed by
the cars at BenwOOd were rife through the
lower part Of the city. Upon investigation
by REGISTER reporter the following sad
details OF the accident were obtained: Be
tween 5 and s o'clock in the morning as
the yard eDginewhieh brings freight down
from this city was switching some cars
laden with ore from Schad's crossing into
the Riverside works, at BenwOOd, the train
men observed the body Of q man lying be-
side the track The engine was stopped
and the crew gathered around the body
which had apparently been struck but a
few minutes before by their train. The
man was lifeless; death had been
instantaneous. The right side Of his
skull was fractured, the ear was severed
and right shoulder bruised. The trainmen
sent word to the town authorities and the
Justice Of the Peace secured q vehicle ana
had the remains of the unfortunate man
conveyed to the lookup in lieu Of a more
hefitting place.
The body was that of q young man q
wears or thereabouts, was clad in common
working clothes, presenting the appearance
of q farmer. In one OF his pockets was
found a letter addressed to l.. ID. Sheets,
Bridgeport, Harrison Co., VIVA. The let
ter was headed Pennington, Taylor coun-
tn, w. Va, and was dated the 18th inst,
and had been presumably received IN
Bridgeport on the 10th inst. Squire Rid
die and the City Marshall spared no effort
to ascertain if anyone knew the man,
but it seemed he was perfect strange.
The theory WAS advanced that the man
must have come to BenwOOd from Bridge
port Saturday night, and from the letter
it was gathered that his home was in
Remington. Esquire Riddle dispatched
to that place, and received reply that
the unfortunate mans father lived there
and that he would come on the next train.
The body still lay in the lookup last
evening.
Perhaps a word here on the subject Of
BenwOOd having at its disposal more
suitable place than the lookup to take in
iured persons would not be amiss. This is
the fourth or fifth person who has been
taken dead or dying to that place. The last
case previous to this was John Mulcahy,
who, it will be remembered, was bealen
30 badly that be died from the effects
Think Of the cherries, meager surround
iugs of that place for q person who Is on
the brink of eternity and the lack Of re-
spect for the dead, or of consideration Of
the feelings Of the deeeased's friends who
may live at a distance, to have those who
lose their life by some distressing accident
carted to the lookup like the yilest offender
OF the law. Against death by accident
there is no law or ordinance, and the treat
ment of the victim of such should
in no wise be on q par with
criminal. True, in the letter it
is not, but tine spirit of the town in
taking the strangers dead or injured there
is not philanthrOpical. Would it not be
possible for the town to rent room to be
used as a hospital for the reception OF
dead and for those injured at the various
industries, who live at q distance and who
should receive immediate attention. A
small per cent OF the tax received from the
b. < .. could perhaps not illegally, and
certainly not inhumanly be set aside for
that purpose.